'Grey Gardens,' From Broadway to Bay Street

“Grey Gardens: The Musical,” the story of Big Edie and Little Edie Bouvier Beale, will open a three-and-a-half-week run at Bay Street Theater in Sag Harbor starting Tuesday at 7 p.m. and continuing through Aug. 30.

Betty Buckley and Rachel York will star in the story of the eccentric aunt and cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, based on the 1975 documentary by Albert and David Maysles. Set at the Bouvier mansion in East Hampton, the musical tracks the journey of Big and Little Edie from glamorous aristocrats to recluses living in a crumbling house full of memories and cats.

The cast will also include Gracie Beardsley, Matt Doyle, James Harkness, Sarah Hunt, Simon Jones, and Dakota Quackenbush. Michael Wilson will direct.

 Performances will take place Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Sundays at 7 p.m., Thursdays, Fridays, and Saturdays at 8, with 2 p.m. matinees on Aug. 12, 16, 19, 23, 26, and 30. Tickets are priced from $62.55 to $85.

“Big Noise From Winnetka,” a concert by Christine Ebersole, a two-time Tony Award winner, will take place at Bay Street on Saturday at 8 p.m.

The versatile actress and vocalist began her career as an understudy on Broadway, then worked in television on “Ryan’s Hope” and “Saturday Night Live” before taking her talents to Hollywood, where she appeared in “Amadeus,” “Tootsie,” and “Richie Rich.”

She returned in 2001 to the Great White Way, where she won Tonys for “42nd Street” and “Grey Gardens: The Musical.” She also starred in “Dinner at Eight” and “Steel Magnolias.” When not on Broadway, she brings her act to concert halls and cabaret venues. Tickets to the program range from $69 to $129.